COLLECTION · Movie · 1998
Beefcake
A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still-underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs.
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* 5.3 (25)DocumentaryDramaHistoryCanada · France
Countries
Canada · France · Italy · United Kingdom · United States
Studios
Alliance Atlantis · Emotion Pictures · La Sept-Arte · Mikado Film · Odeon Films · Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
Awards and nominations
- Winner for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" at the Atlantic Film Festival (1998) was Jonathan Torrens
- Winner for "Art Direction" was awarded to Alan MacLeod and D'Arcy Poultney in 1997
- Nominee at the Genie Awards in 2000 for: "Best Achievement in Editing," "Best Music Score," and "Best Original Song"
- Nominee at the Verzaubert - International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 1999 for "Best Film"